About the Bootcamp

The Leadership Development Bootcamp (LDB) aims to assist women tech entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who are aspiring or high-potential. The program offers mentorship, industry access, market perspectives, and a "Founder Development" platform to help them create successful ventures. This, in turn, can generate local knowledge jobs and secure the future of jobs in Tanzania.

The initiative will consist of a combination of talks, facilitated workshops, and one-on-one mentorship sessions. The program will conclude with an end-of-program showcase event, which will capture the program's impact and reach into the ecosystem of Women in Tech and SMBs in Tanzania. Entrepreneurs who are part of the program will receive;

  • Mentoring and Networking opportunities.
  • 3-Days In-person Bootcamp.
  • 7 Days Virtual Bootcamp.
  • A Virtual Demo Day.
  • Technology credits worth USD 6,00,000.

The program aims to impact 10-12 women entrepreneurs and SMB owners.

What Does The Bootcamp Entail?

This LDB for Women Entrepreneurs will help fast-tracking the development of Tanzania’s most talented women entrepreneurs and innovators, and will help create industry-changing businesses and grow the country’s long-term economic prosperity.

We will accelerate people.

You've got potential. Now take it to the next level.

Turn your ambition into impact.

The Ultimate network.

Program Takeaways

10 Days Bootcamp

1
DEVELOPING BUSINESS MINDSET
  • Understanding Yourself and Your Current Business Approach
  • Understanding Current State of Business as Foundation for Future Growth
  • It’s the People and the Art of Delegation
  • Identifying the types of human resources needed to lead the business to successful growth
  • Market Opportunities and Customer Development
  • Working on the Customer - Identification, Value Proposition and Acquisition process
2
BUSINESS SUSTAINIBILITY
  • Market Sales Analytics and Traction Tactics
  • Implications of Marketing and Selling, Messaging and Customer Relations
  • Deep Dive Into Design
  • Using Design as a tool to woo customers
  • Behind The Tech
  • Minimalistic Understanding of tech logic and tech tools
  • Legalize your Business
  • Learning everything need to know about law
3
FINANCIAL MODELLING
  • Operations, Processes and Automation
  • Preparing business operations for growth
  • Forecasts and Being Financeable
  • Using forecasting spreadsheets and understanding different types of financing available
  • Understanding Finance
  • Introduction to basic financial ratios to monitor business and growth
4
PITCHING & INVESTMENT
  • Connecting the Dots
  • Leveraging the existing focus on women entrepreneurs to your advantage
  • Get Set - Present
  • Becoming people's person and ready to pitch all the time

DEMO DAYS

The program will culminate with a thought leadership event and a showcase of the cohort. We aim to bring together a stellar line-up of speakers and industry partners, and offer a fantastic networking opportunity for the cohort.

TECHNOLOGY CREDITS

Business growth technology credits worth $600,000 to all selected participants from our tech partners.

Timelines

Our Mentors

Ajay Ramasubramaniam

Founding Partner

Hindsight Ventures

Jagruti Bista

Founding Partner

Hindsight Ventures